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Saif Ali Khan granted bail after arrest for assault

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 04:03:15 +0000

Saif Ali Khan has been granted bail after he was arrested for allegedly assaulting NRI businessman Iqbal Sharma and his father-in-law. Iqbal claims that Saif and his friends Shakeel Ladak (Amrita Arora's husband) and Bilal Amrohi attacked him and his father in law after an argument at Wasabi restaurant, at Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai last night, leaving Iqbal with a bleeding and fractured nose.

Saif was booked under Indian Penal Code Section 325 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt), a bailable offence. He was arrested at his lawyer's chamber in South Mumbai's Nariman Point area and taken to the Colaba police station. Saif was granted bail on a surety bond of Rs. 3000, within an hour of his arrest.

While Iqbal maintains that Saif and his friends assaulted him, the actor himself has a different story to tell. In an official statement issued to the media, Saif Ali Khan said, "There was an ugly incident last night where my friends and the ladies with us were abused and I was assaulted.I was hit and I defended myself. I have been to the police station to answer the requirements of law as I am a law abiding citizen. I have also filed a complaint about what happened last night and I am confident justice will be done."

Saif further added, "I have seen the interviews given on TV and they look like decent people and I cannot believe that the same people were so aggressive the night before and the lies that they are saying about me with such straight faces. I think they have the CC TV footage in the restaurant and that will prove everything. I hope the media is able to remain impartial while the matter is being decided. I don't think any gentleman would have behaved differently"

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Mehrunissas shoot gets postponed after Big Bs surgery

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 04:03:15 +0000

On Thursday afternoon, the Mehrunissa producer Nikhil Advani and the proposed epic film's director Sudhir Mishra drove down to Rishi Kapoor's bungalow Krishna Raj to discuss the latest crisis looming over the troubled project.

With the Big B going under the knife, once more Mehrunissa has come under another cloud. Just when the project's master-minds had resolved the issue regarding the film's producers (the Big B was disinclined to work with UTV and the project was given over to DAR Motion Pictures) his latest bout of incapacitation has placed a question mark on the summer schedule of Mehrunissa in Lucknow and Bhopal.

The new plan for Mehrunissa was to shoot with the Big B and Rishi Kapoor from April in Lucknow and Bhopal. But now with the Big B's surgery, the schedule seems unlikely. Also, Rishi Kapoor was not too kicked by the idea of shooting in the sweltering summer in North India. During the meeting on Thursday, he flatly told his Mehrunissa producer and director that he wouldn't be able to shoot in Lucknow and Bhopal in summer.

So where does the project stand now?

Says Sudhir Mishra, "Nikhil and I met Rishi. Shooting in the heat for him is not an insurmountable problem. He's the kind of actor who would give his hundred percent to any kind of climactic condition or hardship. The main issue for us is Amitji's health. With his surgery it's unlikely he can shoot in April. We just have to wait for him to recover."

Rather than postpone the film, Sudhir Mishra and Nikhil Advani have found a way not to lose precious time.

Reveals Sudhir, "We're just rearranging the schedules. We'll now shoot the younger portions of Mr. Bachchan and Mr. Rishi Kapoor's story with the actors playing their parts in the earlier part of the story. That would serve our purpose well. Because if we shoot the early portions first, we'd be putting the film together chronologically."

Interestingly, Mehrunissa producer Nikhil Advani wanted Abhishek Bachchan and Ranbir Kapoor to play the younger versions the Big B and Rishi Kapoor. The idea was shot down by both the senior actors as too clichÃ©d and a burden on their sons.

Now two theatre actors from Delhi are being finalized for the parts of the young Bachchan and Kapoor.

Says Sudhir, "Getting look-alikes is not such a problem. But how do I make these young actors give a caliber of performance comparable with Mr. Bachchan and Rishi Kapoor who are among the finest talent India has ever produced?"

The time allotted to training the young Bachchan and Kapoor has just narrowed. The two theatre actors begin shooting in two months.

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Housefull 2 Movie Stills

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:30:43 +0000

Housefull 2: The Dirty Dozen is upcoming bollywood comedy. It is the sequel of commercially successful 2010 multi-starrer Housefull.

The film will star Akshay Kumar opposite Asin Thottumkal in the lead. It will also feature Ritesh Deshmukh, Boman Irani, Randhir Kapoor and Chunkey Pandey from the original whilst new additions include John Abraham, Jacqueline Fernandez, Zarine Khan, Shazahn Padamsee, Shreyas Talpade and others. It also features veteran actors such as Mithun Chakraborty and Rishi Kapoor in supporting roles. Malaika Arora Khan features in an item-number song.

The film is scheduled for release on 5 April 2012.

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Milkha Singh hands over his shoes to Farhan

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:50:54 +0000

On Tuesday, Milkha Singh handed over the shoes that he wore for the 1960 Rome Olympics to Farhan Akhtar, who will be playing Milkha Singh in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's most ambitious biopic on the athlete, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag. Farhan was filled with gratitude and awe when he received the symbolic blue-yellow Adidas shoes of the greatest Indian athlete.

Director Rakyesh Omprakash Mehra and Viacom 18 had bought the shoes at an auction for a whopping Rs. 24 lakhs and gifted it to Milkha Singh. Milkha, in the company of his golfer son, Jeev, handed over the pair of shoes to actor Farhan at Chandigarh's Government College to mark the start of the project.

Milkha also took Farhan to the track of the Government College and explained to him the tricks of running like him.

Check out the video: Milkha Passes Legacy To Farhan In Chandigarh

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Ashmit Patel bares it all

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:35:49 +0000

Ashmit Patel surely knows how to stay in news. The actor, whose Bollywood career seems to have hit a roadblock, posed nude recently for a men's health magazine.

The issue has Ashmit talking about choosing the right underwear. We are sure this seems like one more ploy on Ashmit's part to garner eyeballs.

Ashmit, who debuted way back with Inteha, is known more for his off-screen flings with actresses like Riya Sen and Veena Malik than his on-screen histrionics.

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Check Out Dhasu photographer Akshay Kumar

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:25:51 +0000

Akshay Kumar, who played a photographer in Priyadarshan's Garam Masala, was seen playing with the camera on the sets of Rowdy Rathore in Badami in Bengaluru.

The Dhasu photographer was seen capturing the beautiful locales of Badami.

Rowdy Rathore is directed by Prabhu Deva and produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and UTV, Akshay plays a double role in the film and Sonakshi Sinha is paired opposite him.

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DVD Review Drive

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:20:39 +0000

MOVIE DETAILS

Cast: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Oscar Isaac, Albert Brooks
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Producer: Michel Litwak, John Palermo, Marc Platt, Adam Siegel, Gigi Pritzker

THE FILM

Drive is an action thriller that starts off slowly but picks up momentum mid-way through the film. The film tells the story of a nameless driver Ryan Gosling who doubles up as a stuntman in Hollywood and a mechanic in a garage. Besides these day-jobs, Gosling's character also uses his driving skills late in the night to help criminals make a fast escape. 5 minutes is all he gives his clients, not a minute more, not a minute less before he makes a hasty retreat from the scene of the crime. Gosling's life takes a 360 degree turn after a chance encounter with his neighbour Irene (Carey Mulligan). Irene is a single mom who lives with her son as her husband Standard (Oscar Isaac) is in prison. Gosling's character finds himself increasingly drawn towards Irene until one fine day her husband returns after he is set free from prison. When he sees that Standard is being threatened by some criminals to payback a hefty amount of money, Gosling's character offers to help him by pulling off one last job so he can pay off the criminals who've been threatening the wife and kid. Things, however, go badly wrong and Gosling's character finds himself trapped in the midst of ruthless mob bosses who would go to any lengths to get back their money. How Gosling fights back and protects those whom he cares for (Irene and her son) forms the rest of the story.

For a title like Drive, one would expect the film to move at a super-sonic speed. However that is not to be. The film is poetic in nature often using silences and slow motion to express the feelings of its main characters. Even the background score plays an important part in the narrative of the film from time to time. It's hard to describe Drive as a full on commercial film as the pacing is quite slow especially in the initial reels and the film takes its own sweet time to gather some momentum. Nevertheless director Nicolas Winding Refn (who won the Best Director award for this film at Cannes) bring in his own unique style to the narrative. On a parting note, the film is high on violence and definitely not for the faint-hearted.

As far as performances go, Drive belongs completely to Ryan Gosling who is simply remarkable. The actor has minimal dialogues but uses his eyes well to emote what his character is going through. Carey Mulligan is sweetly cast as the young single mom. Oscar Isaac hardly gets any scope.

DURATION

The film's duration is 99 minutes

SPECIAL FEATURES

The Special Features section consists of the Making of the Film broken up into 4 different parts as follows:

I Drive: This one has interviews with producers Marc Platt and Adam Siegel who explain how the idea of making a movie like this first came about. This section gives a basic overview of how screenplay writer Hossein Amini adapted the book Drive onto the big screen

Under The Hood: This one features interviews with the supporting cast of the film including Bryan Cranston, Oscar Isaac, Ron Perlman Albert Brooks each of whom talk about their character and working with the genius called Nicolas Winding Refn

Driver and Irene: This section features on the subtly beautiful love story between Ryan Gosling's character and Irene (Carey Muligan). Writer Hossein and producers Marc Platt and Adam Siegel talk about how they wanted the love track to be very subtle.

Continuing the Chase- This section talks about how the crew filmed the various car chase sequences.

Besides this there is also an in-depth interview with director Nicolas Winding Refn as he takes you through the creation of the film right from its conceptualization stage till completion

Strangely there is no interview with Ryan Gosling in the entire making section

TECHNICAL DETAILS

- 2.40-1 Anamorphic Widescreen Presentation
- Languages- English
- Subtitles- English

PRICE

Rs. 599/=

CONCLUSION

Drive is no doubt brilliantly directed by Nicolas Winding Refn and has Ryan Gosling deliver a stellar performance yet it's a not a film that will appeal to everyone. The treatment is more suited for a film festival audience. As far as the special features go, the DVD does provide ample footage of what went behind the making of this film.

Rating: * * * 1/2

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DVD Review Drive

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:18:06 +0000

MOVIE DETAILS

Cast: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Oscar Isaac, Albert Brooks
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Producer: Michel Litwak, John Palermo, Marc Platt, Adam Siegel, Gigi Pritzker

THE FILM

Drive is an action thriller that starts off slowly but picks up momentum mid-way through the film. The film tells the story of a nameless driver Ryan Gosling who doubles up as a stuntman in Hollywood and a mechanic in a garage. Besides these day-jobs, Gosling's character also uses his driving skills late in the night to help criminals make a fast escape. 5 minutes is all he gives his clients, not a minute more, not a minute less before he makes a hasty retreat from the scene of the crime. Gosling's life takes a 360 degree turn after a chance encounter with his neighbour Irene (Carey Mulligan). Irene is a single mom who lives with her son as her husband Standard (Oscar Isaac) is in prison. Gosling's character finds himself increasingly drawn towards Irene until one fine day her husband returns after he is set free from prison. When he sees that Standard is being threatened by some criminals to payback a hefty amount of money, Gosling's character offers to help him by pulling off one last job so he can pay off the criminals who've been threatening the wife and kid. Things, however, go badly wrong and Gosling's character finds himself trapped in the midst of ruthless mob bosses who would go to any lengths to get back their money. How Gosling fights back and protects those whom he cares for (Irene and her son) forms the rest of the story.

For a title like Drive, one would expect the film to move at a super-sonic speed. However that is not to be. The film is poetic in nature often using silences and slow motion to express the feelings of its main characters. Even the background score plays an important part in the narrative of the film from time to time. It's hard to describe Drive as a full on commercial film as the pacing is quite slow especially in the initial reels and the film takes its own sweet time to gather some momentum. Nevertheless director Nicolas Winding Refn (who won the Best Director award for this film at Cannes) bring in his own unique style to the narrative. On a parting note, the film is high on violence and definitely not for the faint-hearted.

As far as performances go, Drive belongs completely to Ryan Gosling who is simply remarkable. The actor has minimal dialogues but uses his eyes well to emote what his character is going through. Carey Mulligan is sweetly cast as the young single mom. Oscar Isaac hardly gets any scope.

DURATION

The film's duration is 99 minutes

SPECIAL FEATURES

The Special Features section consists of the Making of the Film broken up into 4 different parts as follows:

I Drive: This one has interviews with producers Marc Platt and Adam Siegel who explain how the idea of making a movie like this first came about. This section gives a basic overview of how screenplay writer Hossein Amini adapted the book Drive onto the big screen

Under The Hood: This one features interviews with the supporting cast of the film including Bryan Cranston, Oscar Isaac, Ron Perlman Albert Brooks each of whom talk about their character and working with the genius called Nicolas Winding Refn

Driver and Irene: This section features on the subtly beautiful love story between Ryan Gosling's character and Irene (Carey Muligan). Writer Hossein and producers Marc Platt and Adam Siegel talk about how they wanted the love track to be very subtle.

Continuing the Chase- This section talks about how the crew filmed the various car chase sequences.

Besides this there is also an in-depth interview with director Nicolas Winding Refn as he takes you through the creation of the film right from its conceptualization stage till completion

Strangely there is no interview with Ryan Gosling in the entire making section TECHNICAL DETAILS

- 2.40-1 Anamorphic Widescreen Presentation
- Languages- English
- Subtitles- English

PRICE

Rs. 599/=

CONCLUSION

Drive is no doubt brilliantly directed by Nicolas Winding Refn and has Ryan Gosling deliver a stellar performance yet it's a not a film that will appeal to everyone. The treatment is more suited for a film festival audience. As far as the special features go, the DVD does provide ample footage of what went behind the making of this film.

Rating: * * * 1/2

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Pradhuman Singh injured while shooting for LKTLG

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:18:06 +0000

Talented actor, Pradhuman Singh, who played Osama Bin Laden in Tere Bin Laden, recently injured himself while filming an action sequence in his upcoming movie Life Ki Toh Lag Gayi (LKTLG). It was a difficult shot as he needed to jump above the bar table in a hotel but the bar table was a little high than the usual tables.

A source present at the shoot says, "Pradhuman started his action sequence, but unfortunately his hand landed on a bottle kept on the table, further the glass broke and few tiny particles pierced through his hands injuring him.' Seeing blood pour profusely from Pradhuman's hand, the whole team got panicky and called a doctor to the shoot immediately. The doctor advised him to take some rest and call off the shoot. But Pradhuman continued shooting for the film in spite of his injury."

K Sera Sera's Life Ki Toh Lag Gayi will be releasing on 20th April, 2012.

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FIR filed against Saif for bashing up a man

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:20:13 +0000

Saif Ali Khan seems to be have landed himself in yet another controversy close on the heels of the release of his forthcoming home production Agent Vinod.

An FIR has been filed against the actor at Colaba police station after he allegedly bashed up a person during a brawl at the Wasabi restaurant at Taj last night.

Saif, Kareena and a few of their friends were having a good time dining at Wasabi when Iqbal Sharma, who was seated in the adjoining table, went up to Saif and asked him to talk softly. Saif reportedly asked Iqbal to go to a library if he was looking for a peaceful place. This argument led to a scuffle between the duo during which Saif punched his nose.

A case under section 325 of the IPC has been registered against the actor.

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